Reed for looms for weaving wire-cloth.



No. 696,325. Patented Mar. 25, I902.-

F. s. GABLE'.

REED FOR LOOMS FOR WEAVING WIRE CLOTH.

(Application file (No Model.)

Nrrnn STATES PATENT rrrca.

FRED S. GABLE, OF GLENROOK, PENNSYLVANIA'ASSIGN OR OF THREE- FOURTI-ISTO VVI LLIAM T. GABLE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

REED FOR LOOMS FOR WEAVING WIRE-CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,325, dated March25, 1902.

7 Application filed April 18, 1901. Serial No. 56,465. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED S. GABLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glenrock, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Reed for Looms for Weaving Wire-Cloth, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to reeds for use in looms for weaving wire-cloth;and the object of the same is'to so shape the dents and dispose them atsuch an angle as to cause the reed to swing more readily over the wiresand prevent the catch of the dents on knots or joints in the wires andalso to provide a reversible reed, or one having dents that may belocated at either side of the reed, and thereby produce a strong,durable, and simple form of reed that will be efficient in its work andpossessing a prolonged wearing characteristic.

The invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the severalparts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

'In the drawings, Figure l is a side View of a portion of the improvedreed. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View taken in the plane of the line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a modified form of the dent. Fig. 4is a plan View of the dent shown by Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of reference are em ployed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates the reed-frame, 2 the dents, and 3 the wires.The dents 2, as shown, are of elongated elliptical form in cross-sectionthroughout their full length, the said dent-s being constructed as barswhich extend completely from the lower to the upper rail of the reed anddisposed at an oblique angle to said rails; All of q the dents have thesame angle, so that their longitudinal or greater axes are parallel,'andare also separated by spaces 4 of similar. width. The maximum width ofthe said spaces 4 is equal to the distance between adjacent wires 3, andthe opposite sides of each dent form guidingsurfaces for two adjacentwires. The wires, while positively guided against lateral play, have afreedom of movement between the dents to permit passage ofirregularities. The bearing of the several wires, as shown at theopposite extremities only of the dents, and the diagonal or obliquearrangement of the latter, causes the wires to be entirely clear of thedent-surfaces in the central portions of the spaces 4, whereby the wiresare properly held and correctly spaced when they are crimped, and as thereed returns the wires are-then disposed in the center of the spaces 4where there is ample room for the travel of the said wires withoutliability of cutting the same or wearing the dents. In many of the reedsnow in use in looms for weaving wirecloth the spaces between the dentsare so reduced and the dents of such impractical shape that the wiresare cramped and cut in their travel therethrough, and by reason of thediagonal arrangement of the present improved dent construction thisdisadvantage is avoided. It is also proposed to arrange dents ofothercross-sectional shape in diagonal planes to obtain the sameadvantageous operation as by the shape shown. As stated, the improvedreed is particularly adapted for use in looms for weaving wire-cloth;but it will be understood that it is intended to use the same on anyother kind of loom to which it is applicable.

The form of the dent shown by Figs. 3 and 4 embodies upper and lowerstraight portions 5 and 6 and an intermediate obliquely-bent portion 7,the modified dent having an elongated elliptical contour incross-section, as shown by Fig. 4. The warp-wires pass between the dentsat about the center, and enough extent is given to the portions 7 of themodified dents to obtain the operation and advantages of the form ofdents shown by Figsfil and 2. In fact, the principle involved is thesame in both forms of the improved device, said principle being thediagonal disposition of portions of dents that engage wire warps or thelike that have an elongated elliptical contourwith the greater axes ofsaid portions parallel to each other and spaces between them for thefree passage therethrough of the warp wires or strands.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Aloom-reed havings dents of elongated flattened elliptical form toprovide opposing pairs of convex faces and arranged so that their majoraxes are diagonally disposed and parallel to each other to engagewarp-strands longitudinally passing between the same, the said dentshaving interspaces with the front and rear divergent maximum portionsthereof between the terminals of the dents equal in width to thetransverse distance between the warp-strands, the said spaces convergingtoward the minor axes of the dents, so that the strands will contactwith the alternate ends of adjacent sides of the dents approximately atthe terminals of the major axes of the latter, whereby splices in thestrands will be prevented from catching on the ends of the dents whenpassing between the latter.

2. A loom-reed having dents with upper and lower straight portions andintermediate obliquely-arranged portions.

3. A loom-reed having dents with upper and lower straight portions andintermediate obliquely-arranged portions with opposite convexfaces.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED S. GABLE.

Witnesses:

ADAM S. ROLLER, URIAH S. DISE.

